Posts with tag Hank Stuever
Posted May 9th 2007 11:40AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: TV Royalty, OpEd, Daytime, Celebrities, Game Show

It's starting. Bob Barker's got less than a month's worth of
The Price is Right tapings left, and his tribute special is supposed to air on May 17. So now we're starting to see Barker pop up in magazines and newspapers, doing what are essentially exit interviews. In this month's
Esquire, for instance, Bob is the subject of the magazine's "What I Learned" page (no link yet), giving his recipe for a vegan enchilada bake and saying, "I'm still sexually active. Just not as active as I once was. I think Viagra does help. You should try it. It might surprise you. And your friend."
Ooookaaay then. A little tamer is
The Washington Post's examination of '
The Cult of Bob Barker,' written by the paper's pop culture expert, Hank Stuever.
Continue reading Bob Barker makes the press rounds, likes Viagra
Posted Jan 15th 2007 2:00PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, The Daily Show, Celebrities, Comedy Central
Rumor has it that
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart is in talks with the
Washington Post to provide online content for the
Post's 2008 election coverage. Neither Comedy Central nor the WashingtonPost.com's editor would confirm the story. As
Daily Show followers may remember,
Indecision 2004 was released as a DVD and garnered the show's writers and correspondents tremendous critical acclaim. Stewart's deal with the
Post would have him providing written, not video, content to the site. It would be a huge coup for the paper and would make it much more difficult for Stewart to maintain his apolitical, "I'm an entertainer; I don't influence the news" claim.
Continue reading Washington Post election coverage care of Jon Stewart?